Loop-fastening for whip-stocks



(No Model.)

J. A. LAKIN.

LOOP FASTENING'FOR WHIP STOCKS. No. 259,320. Patented- June 13, 1882.

NITED TATES ATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. LAKIN, OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOOP-FASTENING FOR WHIP-STOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,320, dated June 13,1882.

Application filed April 3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. LAKIN, of Westfield,in the county ofHampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImproved Loop Fastener for Whip- Stocks, of which the following is aspecification and description.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and effective fasteningfor securing the loop to which the lash is attached to a whip stock orhandle; and I accomplish this by the means substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side view of the ferrule. Fig. II is another side view,showing a front view of the holes in the device. Fig. Illis atransversesection of the same at lineA of Fig. II. Fig. IV is a side view of thesame as applied to the small end of a whip stock or handle with thelash-loop secured therein. Fig. V is a longitudinal section of the sameat line B of Fig. IV. Fig. VI is a similar longitudinal section, showinga modification of the device having only one hole in each side; and Fig.VII is a plan view of the loop which is to be secured to the stock orhandle by the fastener.

In the drawings, 1 represents my fastener, which consists of a thintubular piece, having preferably four holes, as 2, therein-two on eachside and nearly opposite each other, as shown clearly in Fig. I, andthese holes should be elongated somewhat, as shown in Fig. II, in orderthat the loop, when secured therein, may lie close and sung to thefastener. This tube 1 may be made of any suitable material, such as hardrubber, papier-mach, metal, or ofany other material possessingsufficient strength; but I should prefer to use some material which islight as well as strong, hard.

rubber possessing these qualities to the desired degree, and it shouldbe made approximately smooth or plane on the inside.

The ordinary loop, as 3, is made generally of suitable leather, and itis secured to thestock or handle by the fastener in the followingmanner: The stock or handle, as 4, may be slightly tapered at the end,and if a fastener having four holes is used one end of the loop, as 3,is passed into that end of the tube nearest the holes, thence outthrough the first hole and in through the second, with the end withinthe tube some little distance, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. V; andthe other end of the loop is passed in at the same end of the tube andthrough the holes 2 on the opposite side of the tube in preciselv thesame way. The end of the stock or handle is then forced through the tubefrom the opposite end, and the ends of the loop are thereby movedforward and doubled against the edge of the innermost hole 2; and if thestock is forced firmly into the tube the loose ends of the loop arewedged in so securely between the stock and the interior surface of thetube or fastener, as shown clearly in Fig. V, that it will be impossibleto pull the loop out, and the lash may then be secured to the loop.

If a fastener having only two holes is used, one end of the loop ispassed into the hole 2 on one side of the tube, projecting into thelatter a little distance, and the other end is passed into the hole onthe other side in the same way, and the end of the stock being forcedinto the tube from the other end, as before, the two loose ends of theloop are forced forward and wedged in tightly between the stock and theinterior surface of the tube, as shown clearly in Fig. VI. A fastenerhaving two holes secures the loop to the stock quite as well as onehaving four holes; but one having four holes presents a neater and morefinished ap- A pearance, and on that account is perhaps more desirable.

The fastener, instead of being in the form of a cylinder incross-section, may, it'desired, be many'sided, to give ita generalcylindrical form, without departing in the least from the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is-- 1. A tubeor ferrule provided with one or more openings on opposite sides thereof,and adapted to co-operate with a whip to secure the loop thereto,substantially as described.

2. The combination of a tube or ferrule provided with one or moreopenings on opposite sides thereof, a loop, and a whip-stock to receivesaid ferrule, substantially as set forth.

Asa P. RAND, LEWIS E. HIGGINS.

